TV Column: An easy $10 million if you can prove Bigfoot exists

Poor Simon Cowell. Not only has his singing competition, “The X Factor,” been eclipsed in the ratings this fall by the NBC singing competition “The Voice.” Now he also can no longer claim that his show’s $5 million prize is the biggest in TV show history.

It has been eclipsed by Bigfoot.

Spike TV announced Thursday that it has teamed with Lloyd’s of London to offer a $10 million prize to anyone who “can answer the question of whether Bigfoot truly lives.”

It doesn’t. I win!

No?

Spike has ordered 10 one-hour episodes of “10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty” in an effort, the network says, to “discover the truth about the legendary creature . . . the seemingly mythical being that roams the forests of the world, avoiding mankind.” Spike said it has cast scientists, zoologists, trackers and “actual Bigfoot hunters” who believe in Bigfoot’s existence.

The teams are tasked with proving to a group of “experts” that the hairy, apelike Sasquatch exists with “irrefutable evidence.”

Each episode will follow the teams as they ply their extensive research “and presumed knowledge” of the legendary creature, Spike said.

Although Bigfoot roams the forests of the world, per Spike, the Viacom-owned network said the series would be shot in various locations in this country, ruling out Canadian, Central American, South American and other globe-trotting Bigfoots (Bigfeet?).

Stations of the boss

President Obama is the hottest celebrity on TV these days.

His visit to Jay Leno on the “Tonight” show appears to have produced the program’s biggest Wednesday crowd since the week Leno returned to host the NBC late-night franchise — after the network booted Conan O’Brien.

Nielsen issued only metered-market household numbers; final stats will be available next week.

The morning after Trump offered the president of the United States $5 million (payable to the charity of his choice) if Obama would turn over his college transcripts and passport records — and the morning after Obama joked on Leno’s show that Trump’s feud with him started when the two men were “growing up in Kenya” — Walters weighed in.

First, she let the Ladies of “The View” yak a bit about Trump’s “big announcement” during their “hot topics” segment.

“May I say one thing to Donald Trump?” Babs intervened.

“I’m going to say it to his face,” she said.

And by “his face,” she of course meant “the camera.”

“Donald, you and I have known each other for many years. And you know I am your friend and I think you are a brilliant businessman, and you are great on television, and you have a fascinating personality,” Babs said, looking hard into the camera.

“Donald, you’re making a fool of yourself,” she continued. “You are not hurting Obama — you’re hurting Donald, and that hurts me, because you’re a decent man. Stop it. Get off it, Donald.”